So, you want to create your own interview-based web show. Awesome!
Now, my guess is you are probably in one of the following categories of peeps who want to host their own show:
- #1: You are an aspiring host-prenuer. Meaning, you want to start an interview-based web show & somehow turn that into a business (i.e. get paid for it)
- #2: You are a blogger or other content creator who wants to add interviews into your content mix (to build relationships, offer more amazing content to your subscribers, increase subscribers…heck become even more of a celeb in your niche)
- #3: You are an entrepreneur/mediapreneur who wants to support your current business (drive more leads, build relationships, etc.)
- #4: You just want to start a show for fun and see where it goes.
Regardless of what category (or categories) you fall into, you are DEFINITELY in the right spot.
Pump the brakes. You might be thinking, “David…isn’t doing an interview show really, really, really, really hard?”
- What kind of equipment do I need and how do I easily shoot and edit my interviews without being a tech genius?
- How the heck do I get people to say YES! to an interview even when I’m just getting started?
- How do I prep for an interview so I know what the heck I’m doing and ask the right questions?
- How do I conduct a non-boring interview that has zero awkwardness and 100% awesomeness?
- How do I promote my interviews to bring in all kinds of mad traffic (and build my list!)?
- How do I turn my interviews into mad cash? I mean some real bling bling?
Don’t worry my friends. Uncle David is here to help you.
But, wait! Who is this David Siteman Garland guy (talking in the 3rd person) and why does he know so much about creating, promoting and profiting from online interviews?
The very, very quick version of my CRAZY Story
Just a few short years ago, I came up with this crazy idea to create my own interview-based web show The Rise To The Top.
No experience. No idea what I was doing. Just a passion for figuring it out.
So, I experimented. Spent thousands and thousands of dollars of my own savings (honestly, it was my Bar Mitzvah money I’d saved up since I was 13) to figure it all out. And thousands and thousands upon hours in pure time learning how to make this work.
And what have been some of my results?
A few quick highlights:
- The Rise To The Top has been viewed/listened to nearly 7,000,000 times in over 100 countries
- The business around the show generates multiple 6-figures in income. More than enough to support my family including hiring my dad full time (he works for The Rise To The Top now). Even if you aren’t interested in monetizing your show, this is definitely something you should know.
- I’ve had chance to interview (and perhaps more importantly form a relationship with) over 300 of the world’s top creative and unique entrepreneurs, authors and big thinkers ranging from “The Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger to the author of The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body Tim Ferriss.
- I love the freedom of doing it from home and doing something I really freakin’ love on my terms. I get to work when I want for how long I want where I want which is pretty darn cool. This has allowed me ridiculous freedom to really enjoy the heck out of life be it a mid-day pick up hockey game with friends, a spontaneous trip to Costa Rica or kidnapping (not literally) my wife for a romantic day of fun including massages, wine and cheese. And, with my new found freedom I completed transformed my body from soft-ish to super fit.
… and yes, it has led to all kinds of other cool stuff like speaking gigs, doing a special project with Google and book deal…but enough about me.
Is this shameless, self-promotional bragging of awesomeness? Well, yes of course it is! Just kidding. The idea here is to show you this is possible and not fluffy theory (if you want some fluff, go pet a bunny). Everything that has happened in the past couple of years has been a direct result of creating an interview-based web show.
You don’t need experience. You don’t need zillions of dollars or a huge team. You don’t need to be a “tech master of the universe” You don’t need a bunch of pre-existing connections and credibility.
It’s possible and you can do it too…
Now, for the first time ever by massive popular request (I mean literally thousands of requests) I’m revealing EXACT “The Rise To The Top” system for creating, promoting and profiting from online interviews. This is exactly what I wish I would have had when I started The Rise To The Top as it would have saved me thousands of hours of aggravation and thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs.
Create Awesome Interviews might not be perfect for you if:
- You are looking for a “get rich quick scheme”
- You hate people.
- You aren’t willing to put the work in and expect to push some kind of magic button where fans and money come rolling in.
- You have a negative attitude and aren’t an action-taker.
The proof is in the show.
Here are examples of just a *few* (of many) Create Awesome Interviews graduates who are now hosting their own shows:
Now, how about a little love from some Create Awesome Interviews graduates?
My site is now just over 2 months old and rockin’! Guests are already starting to come to me and so are referrals. I had a Los Angeles PR firm contact me to interview their client as well. Cool beans!!
Since launch: Twitter followers have tripled, Facebook fan page likes are up 10X and my newsletter peeps are growing daily. And I just received a request from a NASCAR journalist to interview me! Go figure. Love it, and love C.A.I… !! No fluff here!!
— Mark Evans
www.Degree31.com
The course is applicable, inspirational, and worth every penny! David has a great, non-BS approach to his training which makes the implementation of his methods easy. If I needed brain surgery I would hire a great neurosurgeon – when I needed an interview coach…I basically hired David by joining Create Awesome Interviews.
— Shelia Butler
www.SuccessfulWomenTalk.com
I coulda saved my money, slogged through the process of building an interview show and made a bunch of mistakes in order to learn what David shares in Create Awesome Interviews. I probably would never have got the first interview up. I am still making mistakes. But I have a frigging INTERVIEW SHOW. I am making better mistakes, learning from them and growing my show, rather than struggling with the basics and wishing I had a show. Create Awesome Interviews showed me (sing along) This is how we do it… I’ve done it and am getting better every day. Get the program, you can do it too.
— Jeff Sparks
www.SparksToFire.com
Create Awesome Interviews is one of the best investments I’ve made online.If you are interested in creating an interview show please know that this program is worth at least four times its price in awesome content. The thing I loved most about it is that David shares very actionable concepts that are not just incredibly easy to implement but plainly speaking produce measurable results. Just four weeks after finishing the course I feel a significant difference in the quality of my show. If you are even half serious about doing an online show you need to get this now.
— Bernardo Mendez
www.YourGreatLifeTV.com
I think that people see courses out there and say to themselves “oh i know exactly how that works” but in reality they have a tiny bit of a clue. I can’t even begin to explain how much I learned from this course and I was very hesitant buy but hosting a show has never felt more right so I made the investment. It was one of the best investments I’ve made in myself yet.
The course really showed me how to prepare for interviews, leverage guests to get future guests with warm intros all the way down to the scripts which I use every day. The tech review is super helpful and I already have people asking me how I do it.
Create Awesome Interviews was really the only way I would have been able to figure this out and take action in the most educated way possible.
I highly recommend anyone interested in podcasting, video blogging and media creation to take it. Period.
— Greg Hickman
www.MobileMixed.com
I got a great grasp of the “possibilities” that are open to me by having a show positioned correctly in the market place. David does a great job sharing (big mind meld happened) ALL his experiences! He held nothing back!
Not to mention the technical stuff, fabulous! All the insider-”rookie mistake” tips were so right on target, he mentioned everything I was currently struggling with and paved a smooth path ahead for me! Thanks David!!
— Monica Lee
www.SmartCreativeWomen.com
Here is just *some* of what you are going to learn how to do step-by-step in Create Awesome Interviews:
- To create your own irresistible interview-based web show that sticks out from the pack and matches your personality and passion.
- To get busy people you want to interview to say “YES!” to your interview request (without stalking them) even if you are just getting started. Includes my exact templates you can use.
- To conduct the three types of non-boring interviews that are a triple win (win you for, your guest and your community) without ever running out of things to talk about or any awkward situations.
- To simply shoot, edit (in less than 10 minutes!) and publish your interviews with technology that is smarter, faster, cheaper and easy-to-use so you don’t need to stress…and you will learn exactly how to use it step-by-step over my shoulder. No need to be a tech master.
- An easy step-by-step system to spread the word about your show like a wildfire and turn “traffic” into raving community of passionate fans…who keep coming back and care enough to spread the word for you and buy from you.
- To use your show as a “handshake” to meet pretty much anyone.
- To jump on the three best ways of monetizing (including sponsorships) and leveraging your interviews. Includes step-by-step methods of maximizing each monetization method.
- To avoid rookie mistakes and aggravation that will save you tons of hours and thousands of dollars.
- To use the tips and tricks used by the world’s top interviewers to accelerate your skills like wildfire.
The results? Create Awesome Interviews + Your Consistent Effort Over Time = BIG, BIG RESULTS
- Module #1: FOUNDATION: Get off on the right foot: Creating an irresistible interview brand that reflects your personality + topic.
- Module #2: LANDING AMAZING GUESTS PART #1: Who are you going to interview? Learn the 3 types of guests to go after and where you can find ‘em.
- Module #3: LANDING AMAZING GUESTS PART #2: How to stalk people online to nab an interview without being sketchy/getting arrested/aggravating them.
- Module #4: THE INTERVIEW: From prep time to game time: How to create an awesome non-boring interview.
- Module #5: PROMOTING YOUR INTERVIEWS: My exact road map of how The Rise To The Top went from 0-100,000 viewers in less than two years. Includes a step-by-step checklist as well as using interviews as a relationship builder to meet anyone you want.
- Module #6: CREATING AN ENGAGED PASSIONATE COMMUNITY OF FANS: One thing to have “traffic” another to have a passionate community that knows, likes and trusts you as well as shares your interviews and buys from you. Includes all my “tricks” and step-by-step methods to create engaged fans.
- Module #7: MONETIZING PART #1: The blueprint for using your interviews as a marketing and branding weapon for your own products and services.
- Module #8: MONETIZING PART #2: Promoting other people’s products via affiliates on your show. Includes results of 3+ years of experiments of exactly how to monetize via affiliates and rake in passive income.
- Module #9: MONETIZING PART #3: The complete guide to sponsorships and partnerships. Everything from how to reach out to the three things you can offer sponsors that will make them say YES.
- How to shoot video interviews via Skype (on a Mac and PC) as well as GoToMeeting (another great way to do video interviews).
- I’ll show you how to simply edit your interviews in less than 10 minutes and get ‘em uploaded
- I will show you how to shoot AND edit “The Rise To The Top-like” introductions for your interviews to get people excited and eager to watch/listen
- I will show you how to shoot AND edit “The Rise To The Top-like” plugs for your interviews to promote your own products and services or sponsors/partners/affiliates
- The proven cold sponsor email template that works. The exact template that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sponsorships that you can use.
- Proven email scripts to land major guests. Includes beginning and advanced versions to get you on the path to hearing YES when requesting interviews.
- Worried about running out of questions or curious what kinds of research might be helpful to have on your screen when doing online interviews? I’ve got you covered with sample on screen research & “Cheat Sheet”
- Links and recommendations on equipment and tools as well as SPECIAL DEALS and DISCOUNTS I’ve set up just for Create Awesome Interviews peeps!
- Recommended peeps: Good people are hard to find. Need a little help with your website or graphic design and not sure where to turn? I have some trusted, recommended peeps. Consider this a personal introduction to them.
The Awesomeness You Are Gonna Get:
Step-by-step training for every style of learning (video, audio and slides)
My Exact EASY Workflow
I’m going to save you thousands of hours of frustration that I went through to create an EASY workflow. You will sit next to me (pretty much literally) while I show you my exact work flow that you can copy via video screencasts. Including:
LIMITED TIME BIG BONUS #1: Interrogations Of The Top 1% Of Online Interviewers
I’ve tracked down my closest friends in the interview industry to reveal their secrets just for you in Create Awesome Interviews. This is content that CANNOT be found anywhere else (including my site The Rise To The Top!) Included:
LIMITED TIME BIG BONUS #2: The Create Awesome Interviews Top Secret Ultimate Resource Guide
This downloadable PDF is your secret weapon that will take hundreds of hours if not years off your learning curve. Includes:
LIMITED TIME BIG BONUS #3: The exact “The Rise To The Top Sponsorship Guide”
Looking to go after sponsors? Included is your very own copy of The Rise To The Top Sponsorship Guide which you can use as a template/inspiration to create your own sponsorship guide that will help convince sponsors that their money is wisely spent with you.
Includes metrics, packaging and much more.
LIMITED TIME BIG BONUS #4: $1,000 Bonus Session With Top Internet Marketing Coach Ryan Lee!
As a VERY special additional bonus, you will get a bonus session with top Internet Marketing Coach Ryan Lee (who charges $1,000 an hour for his time and is well worth it) to teach you how to package and SELL your interviews online via a product/membership site.
I’m ready to roll, how much value am I gonna get?
If someone had come to me when I first started my web-based interview show and told me they were going give me access to 6 of the world’s top interviewers, step-by-step tutorials and all the secrets of interviewing success laid out in a simple, actionable way, I would have easily paid $15,000 if not more. How much would it be worth it to you to have the skills, secrets and strategies handed over to you so you have the road map to become a celebrity in your niche via creating online interviews? Command higher prices for everything you do? Land sponsor deals and partner opportunities? Relationships with influential people? $10,000? $50,000? $100,000?
An hour of time goes for at least $1,000 for private consulting and coaching. Speaking engagements are at least $15,000. Many of the top interviewers you will hear from charges thousands of consultations (and many are so busy they don’t even have the time for you to access them). Plus, you will be getting email scripts and resources that have landed me over $500,000 in revenue (exact sponsor scripts and offerings).
The LOWEST price that was recommended to charge was $2,500.
But, I’m not going to do that. I want people who are serious to learn from me, but they don’t have to spend anywhere near that much.
That’s why the price is a reasonable $495 for everything including all bonuses.
And you get everything. All training modules. All interrogations. All screencasts. All the bonuses including exact transcripts.
David’s 60-Day Money Back Guarantee: I’m taking the risk on this one because I really want you to succeed and dominate doing online interviews. You have 60 days to test drive Create Awesome Interviews and more importantly put it into action. If you feel like it wasn’t for you or some other issue, I will refund your money. No problems or issues. Period. The reason I’m doing this? Besides love for you of course, I’m ridiculously confident you are going to love Create Awesome Interviews and it is going to give you the tools to dominate online interviews.